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nacaztataca.

Headword: 
nacaztataca.
Principal English Translation: 

to dig in one's ears (see Molina)

IPAspelling: 
nɑkɑstɑtɑkɑ
Alonso de Molina: 

nacaztataca. nino. (pret. oninonacaztatac.) escaruar las orejas.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 062r. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

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